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USS Spitfire was an American gundalow that operated as a gunboat in 1776 on Lake Champlain.She was part of Benedict Arnold's small, hastily built fleet of ships whose purpose was to counter any British invasion forces passing through the lake from Canada.
This category includes individuals who died from any cause attributable to the American Revolutionary War, including disease, which was the primary killer. Military personnel who were killed in action or died of wounds received in battle are in the subcategory Category:Military personnel killed in the American Revolutionary War.
She was constructed from July–August 1776 for service during the American Revolutionary War. Manned by Continental Army soldiers, she was part of a fleet under the command of General Benedict Arnold that fought against the British Royal Navy in the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain. Philadelphia was sunk during the battle on 11 ...
This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties. Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war Boston campaign (1775–1776) Invasion of Quebec (1775–1776) New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–1777) Saratoga campaign (1777) Philadelphia campaign (1777 ...
Lake Champlain, a long and relatively narrow lake formed by the action of glaciers during the last ice age, separates the Green Mountains of Vermont from the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Its 120-mile (190 km) length and 12-mile (19 km) maximum width creates more than 550 miles (890 km) of shoreline, with many bays, inlets, and promontories.
People of the American Revolutionary War who were killed in action or died of wounds received in battle. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
These replicas provide insights into the ships, their crews, and the era they represent. [3] The first replica made was the Perseverance, a Bateau from the French and Indian War era, completed in 1986. Encouraged by its success, the museum then built the Philadelphia II, a revolutionary war gunboat, launched in 1991. [4]
USS Enterprise was a Continental Army sloop-of-war that served in Lake Champlain during the American Revolutionary War.She was the first of a long and prestigious line of ships of the United States or by the combatant forces of the U.S. Revolutionary War to bear the name Enterprise.